A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick;
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And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth it with good will at your hand.
Malachi
Minor Prophets / MalachiI pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
Philippians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore shall he be slain? what hath he done?
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThat the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Thessalonians
Pauline EpistlesBut while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
Matthew
GospelsAnd thou shalt say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath sent me unto thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness: and, behold, hitherto thou wouldest not hear.
Exodus
LawMoreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.
Job
Wisdom / JobThat thou mayest buy speedily with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with their meat offerings and their drink offerings, and offer them upon the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem.
Ezra
History / EzraAnd Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God.
Mark
GospelsAnd some of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the house of the LORD which is at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God to set it up in his place:
Ezra
History / EzraNow the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his goodness, according to that which was written in the law of the LORD,
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands:
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownWherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
Job
Wisdom / JobFor thou, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAsk me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.
Genesis
LawElias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.
James
General EpistlesTherefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basons. And Huram finished the work that he was to make for king Solomon for the house of God;
2 Chronicles
History / EzraWherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.
Genesis
Law / MosesI have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd the name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz: and the name of the captain of his host was Abner, the son of Ner, Saul's uncle.